Animals with extraordinary hearing sensitivity

June18,2024

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Hearing Range: Up to 300 kHz Remarkable Feature: This insect has the highest recorded frequency sensitivity among animals, allowing it to detect the ultrasonic echolocation calls of bats, their natural predators.

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Greater Wax Moth

Hearing Range: 20 Hz to 120 kHz Remarkable Feature: Bats use echolocation to navigate and hunt in the dark, emitting high-frequency sounds and listening for the echoes.

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Bats

Hearing Range: 20 Hz to 150 kHz Remarkable Feature: Dolphins use echolocation for communication and hunting, producing clicks and whistles to navigate underwater environments.

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Dolphins

Hearing Range:  1 Hz to 20 kHz Remarkable Feature: Elephants can hear low-frequency sounds and infrasound, which helps them communicate over long distances and detect distant thunderstorms.

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Elephants

Hearing Range: 200 Hz to 12 kHz Remarkable Feature: Owls have asymmetrical ear placements, allowing them to pinpoint the location of prey even in complete darkness.

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Owls

Hearing Range: 48 Hz to 85 kHz Remarkable Feature: Cats can hear ultrasonic sounds made by rodents, aiding them in hunting.

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Cats

Hearing Range: 40 Hz to 60 kHz Remarkable Feature: Dogs have a broad range of hearing and can detect sounds far beyond the capacity of human ears, making them excellent for roles in security and search-and-rescue.

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Dogs

Hearing Range: 14 Hz to 25 kHz Remarkable Feature: Horses can rotate their ears independently to better locate sounds, which is vital for detecting predators.

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Horses

Hearing Range: 0.5 Hz to 10 kHz Remarkable Feature: Pigeons can hear infrasound, allowing them to detect distant storms and possibly navigate using the sounds of ocean waves.

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Pigeons

Hearing Range: 1 kHz to 120 kHz Remarkable Feature: Beluga whales have acute hearing abilities that enable them to communicate and navigate in the dark, icy waters of the Arctic.

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Beluga Whales